Originally posted by: isaacmacdonald
Originally posted by: TerryMathews
Originally posted by: HOWITIS
check out his defense
he didn't think she was 13... ya right
I don't know about that. I mean I can understand that excuse. There are (lots of) people who aren't truly pedophiles, but get off on the fantasy. Just look how popular Ms. Spears is in her school uniform and skirt. A perfect, shining example of a pedophilic fantasy.
Right or wrong are irrevelant here as he's going to be hung out to dry either way. If he was truly a pedophile then I think he's got a real problem. But the (significant) difference is whether or not he would carry out his fantasy with a real child, or just role-play it with another adult.
there's probably some truth to that. On the other hand, it seems like legal action is unlikely (as opposed to if he'd been caught by law enforcement),
so I think the social humiliation + losing his job is warranted. Reading the convo, the guy obviously has a serious problem. He's actively involving other people in a fantasy about a child the same age as those he teachs on a daily basis.
I don't know that I agree with you. Up to this point, he's done nothing wrong. Is it dangerous to have someone who has pedophilic fantasies teaching? Depends on whether he's crazy enough to act on them.
Reading though the chatlog, the person behind the keyboard
did seem to be older than they claimed to be. I'm sure some of it was me knowing ahead of time what I was reading, but I don't think I would have bought the "I'm only 13" line either.
This is a sticky situation, and like I said he's boned no matter what. I just wanted to point out to everyone, before they get the rope ready, that fantasies are not wrong. Acting out the fantasies is what is wrong. If I have a fantasy about strangling a woman while I'm having sex with her (and I'm not claiming to, just an example), I'm not automatically guilty of murder, nor would a normal person expect me to commit a murder in the near future
as it's assumed that I can seperate fantasy from reality just like 99% of the rest of the population.